Country CTY Update 24 July 2018

[4L5A]

The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 06 April 2025:

https://www.country-files.com/cty-3510-06-april-2025/

For installation instructions, start at:

https://www.country-files.com/

Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the software you are using.

To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page.

If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get it here:

https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-06-april-2025/

Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them.

As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements:

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Here are the release notes:

6 April 2025 (CTY-3510)
VER20250406, Version entity is Morocco, CN

Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

* EF0F/8 is Canary Islands, EA8
* M0KXR is Northern Ireland, GI
* GB5WAA and GB9WAA are both Scotland, GM
* KB2DJE, KG5DVX and NV2T are all Hawaii, KH6
* KD7CYC and NN7C are both Alaska, KL
* LU1DHL/W, LU6DO/V and LU8YE/Y are all Argentina, LU in ITU zone 16
* R9FCS/4, UE80MA and UE80SZ are all European Russia, UA
* RA/EU1FY is Kaliningrad, UA2
* RK4PA/9 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in ITU zone 20

Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

* IT9ECY/CH in Sicily, *IT9
* EM1U, KC4/KB1EHE, KC4/KB1IFZ and VK0/FT4YM/P in Antarctica, CE9
* EA5IKT/P in Spain, EA
* FO/F4LYI and FO/F6BCW in Marquesas Islands, FO/m
* G6ICR in Isle of Man, GD
* G0HCQ, G0JCE, G4WZG, G5RDX, GB4CDG and M0TFU in Scotland, GM
* M0KWG and M0TDZ in Wales, GW
* IZ3QBN/CRT in Italy, I
* K3JWI, KG7SPL, NE9U and W5SGL in United States, K
* AA7LE, KJ6NCW and W2DK in Hawaii, KH6
* KD6UDQ and WH6IQ in Alaska, KL
* LU1VNH/V, LU1YY/V, LU3WFJ/XA, LU5DTF/D, LU6DJ/D, LU6DM/D, LU6UVI/D,
LU8DBB/D, LU8DCH/D, LU8EMD/D, LU8XW/XP, LW2EDL/D, LW5EVI/D and LW9EVV/D
in Argentina, LU
* R102AE, R102ME, R9YDX/6, UB0IBA/7 and UE82AWD in European Russia, UA
* UB9MCW/P in Asiatic Russia, UA9
* VK9/W5EIT in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, VK9C

Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me directly.

73 - Jim AD1C

[4L5A]

The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 23 May 2025:

https://www.country-files.com/cty-3516-23-may-2025/

For installation instructions, start at:

https://www.country-files.com/

Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the software you are using.

To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page.

If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get it here:

https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-23-may-2025/

Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them.

As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements:

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Here are the release notes:

23 May 2025 (CTY-3516)
VER20250523, Version entity is Tristan da Cunha & Gough Islands, ZD9

Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

* GB2LC is Shetland Islands, *GM/s
* EA1RCI/P and EA2EZ/P are both Spain, EA
* GB0TA and GB2LC are both Scotland, GM
* GB8SOS is Wales, GW
* K5ZD is in CQ zone 4, not CQ zone 5
* K5AN, NH6HE and WC2A are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6
* K7AER is United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 7
* N7MSI is United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 6
* AB1MM, K2ORC, K6ACV, KC7TY, N6GR, N9EAT, NA4M and W3GW are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7
* AE4GS, AG4P, K0EMT, K4JHN, KD4ONB, KG5AZL, KP4CTO, KZ4KG, N4KC, N4LJT
and W0EBN are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8
* KG8AI, KQ6NT, N6MRS, N7DH, NX5DX and NZ6O are all United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8
* AK6MO is Guam, KH2
* K4RPB and N9PK are both Hawaii, KH6
* KD9FBI and KM7AAZ are both Alaska, KL
* W4I is Puerto Rico, KP4
* LU1DUA/D, LU1EJK/K, LU7HSJ/H, LW2DMD/D and LW9EVV/D are all Argentina, LU
* PI4ZWN/MILL is Netherlands, PA
* TC13IOBC, TC1919ATA and TC19MY are all Asiatic Turkey, TA
* R120MS, R8LCX/3, R9JQ/6, RN2F/3 and UE40MS are all European Russia, UA
* UB8M/4 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 16
* RX3X/0 is Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 34
* VE4COZ/7 is Canada, VE in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 2

Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

* RI1ANC in Antarctica, CE9
* EG60GURU in Spain, EA
* TO1Q in Guadeloupe, FG
* TO1P in St. Barthelemy, FJ
* GB1KBR, GB2AAW, GB5AAW, GB5WAA, GB6AAW, GB9AAW and GB9WAA in Scotland, GM
* GB0AAW and GB2WAA in Wales, GW
* HJ4ADR/0 in San Andres & Providencia, HK0/a
* IT9PQJ/0 in Italy, I
* IR0RIVA in Sardinia, IS
* AA4TO, AB9TS, AJ6TE, K0AMY, K0DVH, K1GJQ, K1QS, K4AII, K4KKI, K4TEC,
K4TXL, K5LAD, K6PVZ, K7KHZ, K8JQ, K8WWN, K9ING, K9WM, KA7HBH, KA8JIL, KA9OMY,
KB2UQS, KB9ENS, KC0BRA, KC0NAH, KC4OBX, KC4YDJ, KC8YRK, KD5PCK, KD9OFG,
KE4SVI, KE6FQC, KE7RTB, KE8AE, KE8UOH, KF7HIL, KG4DBM, KG9V, KI4VLI, KI8GM,
KL7SK, KN5Z, KO4CTP, KQ4GUZ, KQ4YC, KT4RSQ, KT4XL, KY4L, KY4MAK, N1KEZ,
N4CUC, N4MTE, N5PA, N6AQ, N6HEW, N6IGA, N8JAX, N8WCR, N9CDX, N9DK, N9DMT,
N9JNQ, N9KIY, N9MXI, N9PQJ, NA4W, NB6O, NK2J, NS9I, W0MOT, W1LQD, W1QC,
W2RSS, W4FXZ, W4GHD, W4KD, W4VFF, W5BLX, W5ZC, W7KAM, W9BED, W9NWY, WA4PSO,
WA4VXW, WB6NVB, WD9GMK, WF8D, WI4G, WI4MPY, WJ0J, WO1S, WR5J, WS9K and WU7Q
in United States, K
* K6ARS and KF5JC in Hawaii, KH6
* R2014RK in European Russia, UA
* RA/EU1FY in Kaliningrad, UA2

Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me directly.

73 - Jim AD1C

[4L5A]

The Country (CTY) Files were updated on 09 June 2025:

https://www.country-files.com/cty-3517-09-june-2025/

For installation instructions, start at:

https://www.country-files.com/

Hover your mouse over the word Contest in the menu, then select the software you are using.

To install the file, follow the link to your software at the top of the page.

If you are interested in a bigger CTY.DAT for everyday logging, you can get it here:

https://www.country-files.com/big-cty-09-june-2025/

Note that the release notes (and Version Entity) for this larger file are different than what is shown below. There is a separate link to them.

As a reminder, there is an RSS feed of the latest country file announcements:

https://www.country-files.com/feed/

Here are the release notes:

9 June 2025 (CTY-3517)
VER20250609, Version entity is Fed. Rep. of Germany, DL

Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

* GM0FRT is Shetland Islands, *GM/s
* 9M1WWA is East Malaysia, 9M6
* EA5IKT/P is Spain, EA
* 2E0KKH/80Y is England, G
* GB8WWA is Northern Ireland, GI
* GB0ATS, GB2TSA, GB4WWA and GB8URC are all Scotland, GM
* GB2MM, GB6RNLI and GB6WWA are all Wales, GW
* IR0WWA is Sardinia, IS
* JD1YAA is Minami Torishima, JD/m
* K2SS, N4KGY and W2DON are all United States, K in CQ zone 3, ITU zone 6
* KZ2T and NC6K are both United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7
* AB2A, AI5BE, KD4BLK, KN1MT and W4KD are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 8
* KA0KVW is United States, K in CQ zone 5, ITU zone 8
* NO3V is Mariana Islands, KH0
* KD7ND is Hawaii, KH6
* K5OLE is Alaska, KL
* KD2VAF is Puerto Rico, KP4
* LU3HT/H and LW2DO/D are both Argentina, LU
* R8CW/4 and RA9WU/6 are both European Russia, UA
* R4WAN/P is European Russia, UA in ITU zone 30
* UA0BFN/8 and UA9CTT/P are both Asiatic Russia, UA9
* R0MR/P and RW0LD/P are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in CQ zone 19, ITU zone 33

Removed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns:

* II0GDF/9 in Sicily, *IT9
* EA7CA in Canary Islands, EA8
* TX7XG in French Polynesia, FO
* GB5EA in Northern Ireland, GI
* MM0PLX/P in Scotland, GM
* IY0GA in Sardinia, IS
* AD9BT, K0BBQ, K4JHN, K7AER, K7IA, K8VH, K8YM, KA4RUR, KA8GIM, KB4LA,
KC0ZVN, KD9TGU, KG5AZL, KN4SLP, KO4MAO, KO4OSL, KQ4AZN, KX4BI, N4CC, N4JDB,
N6GR, N6MRS, N7MXK, W4NYZ, W7MAE, WB5LXJ and WE1DER in United States, K
* KJ7ZCW and KO4V in Hawaii, KH6
* AC9IZ, K7VRK and KG5COH in Alaska, KL
* LU7HSJ/H in Argentina, LU
* 5P0WARD/C, 5P0WARD/D, 5P0WARD/F, 5P0WARD/G, 5P0WARD/H, 5P0WARD/I,
5P0WARD/J, 5P0WARD/K, 5P0WARD/U, 5P0WARD/V and 5P0WARD/W in Denmark, OZ
* TC13IOBC in Asiatic Turkey, TA
* R108M, R1961AG, R1994YU, R1996VK, R2014NC, R80DGZ, RA0BM/6, RV9CDW/6
and UG4I/P in European Russia, UA
* R1FW/0, R2ET/9 and RV7B/9 in Asiatic Russia, UA9
* VK/M0LEP/P and VK7IAN/4 in Australia, VK

Though I am subscribed to this reflector so that I can make these announcements, I do not see most messages posted to it. If you have any comments or corrections to the country file, please contact me directly.

73 - Jim AD1C